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Samurai High School
was a Japanese television series. Synopsis Mochizuki Kotaro is a mild-mannered, unmanly high school student. One day, he visits a library and meets the mysterious librarian Himiko, who recommends to him an ancient book about a heroic general from the Sengoku period 400 years ago. Kotaro notices that he has the same name and age as the general described in the book, and he experiences a flashback. Kotaro later mentions the book to his father, who tells him that he may be the descendant of a powerful samurai. At that moment, Kotaro receives a message from his childhood friend Ai, telling him that their classmate Nakamura Tsuyoshi is in trouble. He rushes to the scene but does not have the courage to help, until another flashback transforms him into a samurai. Cast *Haruma Miura as Mochizuki Kotaro *Yu Shirota as Nakamura Tsuyoshi *Anne Watanabe as Nagasawa Ai **Wakana Aoi as young Nagasawa Ai * Ohgo Suzuka as Mochizuki Yuna *Ryoko Kobayashi as Minami Yurika *Dori Sakurada *Tomo Ya ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Japanese Television Drama
, also called , are television programs that are a staple of Japanese television and are broadcast daily. All major TV networks in Japan produce a variety of drama series including romance, comedy, detective stories, horror, jidaigeki, thriller, and many others. Single episode, or "tanpatsu" dramas that are usually two hours in length are also broadcast. For special occasions, there may be a one or two-episode drama with a specific theme, such as one produced in 2015 for the 70-year anniversary of the end of World War II. Japanese drama series are broadcast in three-month seasons: winter (January–March), spring (April–June), summer (July–September), and autumn or fall (October–December). Some series may start in another month though it may still be counted as a series of a specific season. The majority of dramas are aired weekdays in the evenings around 9pm through 11pm. Daytime dramas are typically broadcast daily, and episodes of the same drama can be aired daily for s ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dori Sakurada
, born in December 7, 1991, is a Japanese actor and singer. He is best known for his role as Ryoma Echizen as part of the third generation Seigaku cast in ''The Prince of Tennis'' musicals, Tenimyu. Biography Career Dori Sakurada was born in December 7, 1991 in Tokyo, Japan. At age 11, while walking home with his Mother, he was scouted and soon joined his current company, Amuse. He took singing, dancing and acting lessons while attending middle and high school. In 2005, he was chosen to play the lead protagonist ''Ryoma Echizen'' in a musical adapted from the popular anime ''The Prince of Tennis'', ''Tenimyu''. The desicion generated a buzz, as at the age of 14, he was the youngest member to be cast. In the same year, he made his acting debut when he appeared in one episode of the TV drama, '' Ruri's Island.'' After his two year run as Ryoma Echizen, he got his big break in 2008 when he starred as Kotaro Nogami in '' Saraba Kamen Rider Den-O: Final Countdown,'' the third fi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2009 Japanese Television Series Endings
9 (nine) is the natural number following and preceding . Evolution of the Arabic digit In the beginning, various Indians wrote a digit 9 similar in shape to the modern closing question mark without the bottom dot. The Kshatrapa, Andhra and Gupta started curving the bottom vertical line coming up with a -look-alike. The Nagari continued the bottom stroke to make a circle and enclose the 3-look-alike, in much the same way that the sign @ encircles a lowercase ''a''. As time went on, the enclosing circle became bigger and its line continued beyond the circle downwards, as the 3-look-alike became smaller. Soon, all that was left of the 3-look-alike was a squiggle. The Arabs simply connected that squiggle to the downward stroke at the middle and subsequent European change was purely cosmetic. While the shape of the glyph for the digit 9 has an ascender in most modern typefaces, in typefaces with text figures the character usually has a descender, as, for example, in . The mod ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2009 Japanese Television Series Debuts
9 (nine) is the natural number following and preceding . Evolution of the Arabic digit In the beginning, various Indians wrote a digit 9 similar in shape to the modern closing question mark without the bottom dot. The Kshatrapa, Andhra and Gupta started curving the bottom vertical line coming up with a -look-alike. The Nagari continued the bottom stroke to make a circle and enclose the 3-look-alike, in much the same way that the sign @ encircles a lowercase ''a''. As time went on, the enclosing circle became bigger and its line continued beyond the circle downwards, as the 3-look-alike became smaller. Soon, all that was left of the 3-look-alike was a squiggle. The Arabs simply connected that squiggle to the downward stroke at the middle and subsequent European change was purely cosmetic. While the shape of the glyph for the digit 9 has an ascender in most modern typefaces, in typefaces with text figures the character usually has a descender, as, for example, in . The mod ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nippon TV Dramas
Japan ( ja, 日本, or , and formally , ''Nihonkoku'') is an island country in East Asia. It is situated in the northwest Pacific Ocean, and is bordered on the west by the Sea of Japan, while extending from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north toward the East China Sea, Philippine Sea, and Taiwan in the south. Japan is a part of the Ring of Fire, and spans an archipelago of 6852 islands covering ; the five main islands are Hokkaido, Honshu (the "mainland"), Shikoku, Kyushu, and Okinawa. Tokyo is the nation's capital and largest city, followed by Yokohama, Osaka, Nagoya, Sapporo, Fukuoka, Kobe, and Kyoto. Japan is the eleventh most populous country in the world, as well as one of the most densely populated and urbanized. About three-fourths of the country's terrain is mountainous, concentrating its population of 123.2 million on narrow coastal plains. Japan is divided into 47 administrative prefectures and eight traditional regions. The Greater Tokyo Area is the mos ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Japanese High School Television Series
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Japanese Drama Television Series
Japanese may refer to: * Something from or related to Japan, an island country in East Asia * Japanese language, spoken mainly in Japan * Japanese people, the ethnic group that identifies with Japan through ancestry or culture ** Japanese diaspora, Japanese emigrants and their descendants around the world * Japanese citizens, nationals of Japan under Japanese nationality law ** Foreign-born Japanese, naturalized citizens of Japan * Japanese writing system, consisting of kanji and kana * Japanese cuisine, the food and food culture of Japan See also * List of Japanese people * * Japonica (other) * Japonicum * Japonicus * Japanese studies Japanese studies (Japanese: ) or Japan studies (sometimes Japanology in Europe), is a sub-field of area studies or East Asian studies involved in social sciences and humanities research on Japan. It incorporates fields such as the study of Japanese ... {{disambiguation Language and nationality disambiguation pages ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Shigeru Muroi
is a Japanese actress. She won the award for Best Supporting Actress at the 19th Hochi Film Awards for '' Izakaya Yūrei''. Filmography Film * ''Something Like It'' (1981) – Aya * ''Burst City'' (1982) * '' Female Prisoner: Cage'' (1983) – Miwa * ''Koisuru Onnatachi'' (1986) * ''Bu Su'' (1987) – Ponta * ''Bakayaro! I'm Plenty Mad'' (1988) – Nanako Sakisaka * '' Izakaya Yūrei'' (1994) – Shizuko * ''Whisper of the Heart'' (1995) – Asako Tsukishima (voice) * '' Tsuribaka Nisshi 8'' (1996) * ''Nodo Jiman'' (1999) – Reiko Akagi (Suzuko Fujimoto) * ''Villon's Wife'' (2009) – Miyo * ''No Longer Human'' (2010) – Kotobuki * ''The Little House'' (2014) – Sadako * '' A Living Promise'' (2016) – Yoshiko Nishimura * ''Day and Night'' (2019) * ''Angry Rice Wives'' (2021) * ''Jigoku no Hanazono: Office Royale'' (2021) * ''The Sound of Grass'' (2021) * ''7 Secretaries: The Movie'' (2022) – Satsuki Wanibuchi * ''Família'' (2023) Drama *'' Mujaki na Kankei'' (1984) – M ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Aoi Nakabeppu
is a Japanese fashion model and actress who is affiliated with Horipro. Biography In 2005, Nakabeppu won the 30th ''Horipro Tarento Scout Caravan Quasi Grand Prix'' award, and debuted in the entertainment industry in the wake. In 2006, she had been an exclusive model in the fashion magazine ''Mina''. In 2008, Nakabeppu was elected in the 2008 level of ''Toray Girl Swimsuit Campaign''. At the time, she was belonged to Toray's women's volleyball team and met Saori Kimura and made friends. On March 24, 2009, Nakabeppu graduated from Sunrise High School. She was synchronized with people such as Kie Kitano and Natsumi Kiyoura. Nakabeppu also had a good relationship with Mitsuki Tanimura. On April 1, 2009, she was enrolled to Meiji Gakuin University is a Christian university in Tokyo and Yokohama that was established in 1863. The Reverend Dr. James Curtis Hepburn was one of its founders and served as the first president. The novelist and poet Shimazaki Toson graduated f ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tomo Yanagishita
is a Japanese former actor. He was a member of the acting group D-Boys. Yanagishita joined the unit D-Date (D☆DATE) of the same agency as a new member. It was announced at the last performance of the live tour in Tokyo Dome City Hall on June 29, 2012. Biography In 2006, Yanagishita won the Watanabe Entertainments 3rd official D-Boys audition with the Grand Prix and became an official member of the group. In Winter of the same year, Yanagishita won the role of Kaoru Kaidoh, the viper-like 2nd year regular of Seigaku Middle School's tennis club, in the '' Prince of Tennis'' musical series, Tenimyu, as part of the third generation Seigaku cast. Prior to his casting, Kousuke Kujirai, who had played the role before him with the second Seigaku cast, had filled in as Kaidoh with the third cast due to actor Takahiro Tasaki's withdrawal from the show. Yanagishita debuted as Kaidoh in the ''Absolute King Rikkai feat. Rokkaku ~ First Service'' musical on December 13, 2006. After the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ryoko Kobayashi
is a Japanese actress. Filmography Movies *''Hinokio'' (2005), Sumire *''Kamen Rider The First'' (2005), Miyoko Harada *''Zoo'' (2005) *'' Helen the Baby Fox'' (2006), Misuzu Yajima *''Wangan Midnight'' (2009) *'' Pink and Gray'' (2016) *''21st Century Girl'' (2019) *''Leaving the Scene'' (2019) *''Pornographer: Playback'' (2021) *''My Father's Tracks'' (2021), Mayu Kitamura *''Mado'' (2022) *''My Happy Marriage'' (2023), Hana Dramas * ''Ichiban Taisetsu na Hito wa Dare Desu ka'' (NTV, 2004) * ''Gekidan Engimono Atarashii Ikimono'' (Fuji TV, 2005) * ''Shikaku Ukeoinin'' (TV Tokyo, 2007, ep1) * ''Sunadokei'' (TBS, 2007) * '' Maō'' (TBS, 2008) * ''Shikaku Ukeoinin 2'' (TV Tokyo, 2008, ep1) * ''Hissatsu Shigotonin 2009'' (TV Asahi, 2009, ep1) * ''Keishicho Sosa Ikka 9 Gakari 4'' (TV Asahi, 2009, ep10) * ''Meitantei no Okite'' (TV Asahi, 2009, ep4) * ''Samurai High School'' (NTV, 2009) * '' Nene: Onna Taikōki'' (TV Tokyo, 2009), Ohatsu * ''Code Blue 2'' (Fuji TV, 2010, ep3) * '' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Haruma Miura
was a Japanese actor and singer. He made his acting debut in the television drama ''Agri'' (1997) and rose to popularity after starring in the film ''Koizora'' (2007), winning Newcomer of the Year at the 31st Japan Academy Prize. In the following years, Miura notably starred in the third season of ''Gokusen'' (2009), ''Bloody Monday'' (2009), ''Naoko'' (2009), ''Kimi ni Todoke'' (2010), ''Last Cinderella'' (2013), ''Boku no Ita Jikan'' (2013), ''The Eternal Zero'' (2013), ''Attack on Titan'' (2015), '' Gintama 2'' (2018), and ''Two Weeks'' (2019). He also starred as Lola in the Japanese production of '' Kinky Boots'' (2016), winning Best New Actor and the Haruko Sugimura Award at the 24th Yomiuri Theater Awards. In addition to his acting career, Miura debuted as a singer in 2019 with the single "Fight for Your Heart", which was followed by "Night Diver" in 2020. Career 1997–2006: Early acting career Miura made his acting debut in the television drama adaptation of the novel ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
